The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-12-02

made a brilliant ard d dazzling dir
lay. TIE opal. winch is ever an
inch long and wonderfully rides
cert, was aGmirel. together with a /
big amethyst set In briiliants, aud +
handful of diamonds of different /
values, some Of them, as the say
inc loes. worth a kings ransom.
AT length lie carefully produced
the star Of the collection, a dia-
mond Of fifteen carats. which he
sa Us is the finest IN the world which
is for sale. and is valued at $40, 600.
He psf the great stone in his tweeZ>
ers and passed it over 10 his friend,
against his usual custom, winch IS
always to hold the ST one in his own
hand whea enclosed IN the tweezers.
just as the stone was changing
hands, and the diamond merchant
was SAYING. "Hpld il firmly there
was a snap. a streak of light, a click
on the marble floor, and the dia
mond was gone. Tie party of men
were sitting at the end Of the writ
inc table near the windows opens
ing on T street. and the Stone shot
toward the other end OF the large
room, from which doors open into
the general Office near the wash
room and the newsstand, The two
or three other gentlemen in the
room sprang for the $4,000 dia-
mond, and everv body went down
on hands ard knees in search for
it. The doors were hurriediy clos
ed. aud Mr.. Burch, the head clerk,
summoned. Here was a fortune in
one little stone lying somewhere
about the hotel floors, and crowds
Of persons, servants, &c, passing
and repassiDg. The stone seemed
10 shoot into the corner OF the room
behind tho door leadIog into the
general Office, and search was made
there.
"If the stone Is in sight you cam
not mis- ii, said tue diamond mer~
chant. You might as well try to
hide coal Of fire.
It was found that in thai partic-
Il ar corner there were two holes
tnrouga tie tioar, where formerly
heating pipes had passed. When
the diamond merchant SAW them
ne put his hands over his hue face
from which the perspiratlon was
pouring, and muttered:
My God! What nave [ done?"
Meanwhile a negro had been
brought in and ordered to sweep he
floor. there had been no thought
that the diamond had gone out of
the roSm into the general office.
/ The runner of some great loss spread
about, and the people stan ding
about. the lobby came crowdin &
about the guarded doors of the
reading room. Just at this point
| DIR. S. i. Cones OF the United State 5
Navy came out OF the wash
room, creeping and searching, lie
stepped in and said To The negro
with the broom:
whats the matter? Something
lost?''
Eyes, sah," was the reply.
.'W hat 1t II? asked the Doctor.
Deed l dent know, sah. There
is the man that Loaf it, pointing to
the merchant.
What haYe you los,?" asked DIR,
Cones.
IA diamond, was the answer.
"Well, ! guess | found 1t, said
the Doctor. and he pulled the $50.
600 gem from his vest pocket ami
placed 1t in the hand OF the diamond
merchant.
The merchants trained eye rec~
ognized it at once, and he tire W
! his arm around the Doctors neck,
and there was sigh of relief all
around. The Doctor had picked
it up in the door of the wash loom
where it ad been shot by u carroln
ON the wall inside the reading room.
and put it In his vest pocAeC with
tie intention Of handing it Ill 1t tile
office.
L had no idea about the thing"
he said atterwar1. Il thought it
was some brilliant or Oregon cIao
mond, and then concluded that it
cam e.of from one OF those g.ass
pendants on the chandeliers. In
fact, came near not picking IL up
at all, and would not nave done 50
except for its exceDtional brilhuncY
Evet III the dark, where il lay, il
was like STAR
1t is probable that DIR. Cones 10y
this time is not W thout souvenir
> ct the OCCASION, and that hereafter
the diam nj merchant viii hoit
his tweez ers with an iron grip.